Woman accused of using buttocks to damage painting worth $30m:
“Carmen Tisch allegedly scratched the painting by the late Clyfford Still and then slid her buttocks against it
A 36-year-old woman has been accused of using her buttocks to cause $10,000 (£6,460) worth of damage to a $30m painting by the late abstract expressionist artist Clyfford Still at a gallery in Denver.
Police said Carmen Tisch punched and scratched the painting, an oil-on-canvas called 1957-J no.2, at the recently opened Clyfford Still museum in Denver, and pulled her trousers down to slide her buttocks against it.
Tisch was charged with felony criminal mischief and has been held on a $20,000 bond since the incident in December, said a spokeswoman for the Denver district attorney’s office.”
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